Obituary
We bid farewell to Candace Lee Clark whose journey of life gracefully concluded on June 7, 2025 at the age of 76. Candy touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in the hearts of family and friends.
Candy passed away from a cardiac event at the UF Health The Villages Hospital in The Villages, Florida. She was born in Springfield, Ill on March 11, 1949 to her loving parents Frank and Dolores Jean (Patterson)Foree.
She lived in many various places though out her childhood and during her marriage to George B Clark. After retiring to The Villages, she took golf lessons and pursued the game with vigor. She golfed and practiced as much as she could, striving for perfection in this new endeavor.
Candy loved to paint and was the owner/operator of a framing shop (The Right Angle) in Amarillo, Texas for many years where she created unique frames to enhance artwork and original paintings for her clients. Since July 1986, Candy was a member of Professional Picture Framer’s Guild.
She volunteered and fostered for the Schnauzer Love Recuse of Florida; adopting her current “Boys” Baxter and Reggie.
As a Master Gardener, she loved to help others with garden designs and plant suggestions. Her yard was a delight to her offering a winding stone path to view new blooms or plants as well as the tadpoles and lilies in the frog pond.
Prior to retirement, Candy was one adventurous gal. She traveled to England and other places, always keeping her camera handy to snap a scene for her next painting. She always challenged herself to be the best in every endeavor she pursued. She trained 4-6 hours daily during her body building period and won many awards for her dedication to the sport. After completing a course in California for Race Car Driving, she competed in demolition derbies. Bike racing was another passion.
She was preceded in death by her husband George B. Clark and her parents Frank and Dolores Foree. She is survived by, brother Michael Frank Foree of Phoenix Arizona; sister, Janice Ann Dunivan of Albuquerque New Mexico; niece, Valerie Lynne Holliday of Vancouver, Washington; and step-daughter, Tracy Lynn Prahl of Brownsburg, Indiana.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, July 19, at 12:00 noon, in the Hibuscus Recreation Center, 1740 Bailey Trail, The Villages.
Service
1740 Bailey Trail, The Villages, FL
of rebirth and enlightenment since they follow a daily cycle of closing each night and opening again in the morning. It’s a wonder that such a pristine bloom lives in the muddy waters. Here's two poems that illustrate the likeness...
The lilies never
Give up.
They float
and bloom.
They refuse
To go under.
The lilies
Have learned
How to
Stay calm
And preserve.
By Thasia Lunger
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn
The humble sheep, a threatening horn
While the lily white, shall in loves delight
Nor a thorn nor treat stain her beauty bright.
By Willam Blake
I’m looking directly at you…you have no idea of the number of lives I will touch in my lifetime…
“Angelic Assistance”
This scene is from a trip to Englund, where my camera was always ready to capture a moment, I may never see again. I think cemeteries are places of peace and thoughtfulness. E
Which to me, is a place to revere the gift of life, and reverence for lives past. I love faces craved from stone, expressions that mirror our own as we contemplate a memorial to life and love.
Candy Clark 2018
Enjoying a day in Iceland in 2018
Cruise to Iceland
My younger sister was born on March 11, 1948. I was 18 months older and her only brother. I am not supposed to be contributing to her obituary now so, I’ll tell you a short story instead. She would love this lead in. It was a dark and stormy night as our father drove our mother my sister Candy and I up into Tijeras Canyon as we both left our childhood home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We were leaving a place we both loved on our way to a new and exciting place neither of us had seen before, Miami, Florida. Together we made new friends, together we learned to surf and separately we grew up and made our way through life in different directions. Candy’s artistic talents took her in a completely different direction than mine. She developed into an artist in so many different ways, she married, she opened her own professional art framing studio, she was a Fiesta Ware collector, she was a dedicated, professional bodybuilder, she was an accomplished automobile drag racer and among other accomplishments she was my loving sister. At one point we parted company for too many years over a family issue now meaningless. I was fortunate enough to visit Candy and work through passed family issues just after her birthday and just before her death. We renewed our brother sister bond and I will forever hold in my heart our last visit. I miss you and love you my sister, rest in peace.
Michael F Foree